Fish-hook.



c." BEW.

FISH HOOK.

(Application filed Jan. 6, 1900.]

No. 657,387. Patented Sept. 4, I900.

No Model.)

E] mmwtoz UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

" CHARLES BEw, oF' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FlSH HOOK;

srn'c'IrIcA'rIoN' formin part of Letters Patent No. 657,387, dated September 4, 1900.

7 Application filed January 6,19l00. Serial No. 601. (No model.) i

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BEw,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to fish-hooks of the kind chiefly used for troll-fishing and comprising a plurality of hooks capable of rotation in opposite directions by spring action and held folded-by a mousing which is released by the fish taking the hook. I

The purpose of the invention is the pro-' vision of a hook of the type aforesaidwhich will be light in weight and draft, capable of skimming the water when drawn thereover at a moderate speed, durable, adapted to be baited, readily separable for repairs or'in the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowl-.

edge of the details of construction of the means for eflecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and to the drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of thecomplete hook.- Fig. ZlS a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a detail view of thestock, hooks, and spring removed from the shell or casing. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view .of the spring. Fig. 5 is a detailyiew of the blank from which the stockis formed. Fig. 6 isa detail view of the stockinypositionmon the shank of the middle hook. Fig.7 isa detail view of the blank from which the wings or to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The Vitals are housed to protect them from injury, the housing being-a shell or casing l, which is highly polished to glisten and serve to attract the fish when moving through the water. One end of the shell is open for insertion and the removal of the operating parts, and the other end is closed and made rounding and is centrally pierced to receive the troll-wire-2, which is headed at its inner end to prevent withdrawal and admit of the shell turning freely thereon. The outer end portion of the troll-wire 2 is bent to form a loop 3, and the space'between the inner end of the loop and the end of the shell is occupied by ornaments of a character best adapted to draw attention of the fish thereto, being colored heads 4: and a spacing-coil 5. A swivel 6 connects the line 7 with the loop 3 and admits of an independent rotation of the shell and parts attached thereto.

The stock comprises a central portion 8 and terminal wings 9 and 10,- the latter having teats 11 and the former provided with lateral extensions12, which are piercedto receive the upper ends of theside hooks 13. The stock is stamped or pressed from sheet metal into the form substantially as shown in Fig. 5, the blank being folded longitudinally and clenched about: the flattened end portion of the shank of the middle hook 14. The teats 11 come together and form a rivetfastening for securing the spring to the stock.

The upper end portions of the wings 9 are bent laterally in opposite directions to form bearings for the terminals'of the side hooks.

The spring for the side hooks may be of any construction and disposition so long as it serves to hold thehooks turned rearward. In its specific construction the, spring is formedfrom .a blank of sheet material and consists of a head 15 and. resilient arms 16. The head isapertured to receive the rivetfastening of the stock,. the projecting end of such fastening beingupsettoretain the head in place. .The arms 16 are parallel to each other and are oblique with reference to the head and stock and are given a quarter twist toward their free ends, so as to be engaged I bled J in the inan'ner-setforthare housed by Jcurved portions of the hooks, the head-.15;

by the oifset portions of the side hooks and provide ample clearance to 'adimit'of theifree ends of the arms nioving within the shell.

The side hooks 13 are journaled in the head bearings out of axial line, whereby upon turning the hooks forward the tension of.

1c thespring-arin 16 is increased. The-offsets come'between the extremities of the arms-l7 and the lateralextensions 1'2 and prevent, longitudinal movemen't'of the hooks '13 in" either direction. 7 The parts 17 strike-agai'nsti the sides of the stock and limit the rearward' pass through a transverseslot in the-side of 1 the shell near the closed end and is bent to ,holdthe device in .place and allow of a freearcuate movement of its catch end. The op guards -21,between which the barbed ends of thesid'e hooksware received. The extremity of the stem is bentrearward to snugly receive the points of I the hooks when held closed thereby. 1 One of the wings 19 isgivenaspiral turn after-the fashion of apropeller-blade to cause a rotation of the hook whenrtrolling', and the other blade is deflected-or bent be tween its edgesto-ride upon the water and buoy upjthe device. I

The stock, spring, and hooks being assemthe shell 'or casing, with the exceptionof the closing the open end of the shell and theed e 7 portion of the latter being turned to hold I in place. I Sealing-wax or like .materiat2'2 1 applied to the end;o f the shell to -exclude water." 5By spreadingthei turned endof th ,7 shell. the parts can be removed therefrom I It will be-observed that nofsolderybrazi orlike fused'jointsmreiresortedto.in-theoon" v G structionofthetrollingehook. :Henceithe'tem; 5 penof-thehooksis' not afiected northepolish tar shed an d' 'theparts:arereadilyaccess' b "anydesiredpurpose.

and in the lateral extensions 12-,"a nunie" end portions of their shanks are bent or ofi-Q set, as at l7,to throw the part between theposite end of the s'temis widened, the-lateral" extensions Ib'eing bent forwardto provide jand lateral extensions and formed-with are ng ,thus describedlthe invention what springactuated hook adapted tov have its point inserted between 'theguards of the mousing, substantially as specified. r

3. Inatrolling-hook,a casinghaving-a transv rseawin its side, a spring-actuated hook, and a mousing having a flat hinge extension passed through thetr-ansverse cut and bent, and having lateral wings, the one given a spiraL-twist, the other bent between its edges and having its swing end provided with guards, substantially as set forth."

V, 4.. In a.fish-vhook,va.stock, a hook journaled lar'mexten'ding lengthwise of said shank and having its free end .portionwidened and curved transversely and adapted to bear lat orally against the 'ofiset-porti'onof the shank of the hook," substantially as set forth.

"6. Ina 'fish hook,- a. stock, a. spring, and a hook journaled to the stock and having-an offset portioncoming-between the-end of the spring and the'side of the contiguous bearing of the stock,'fs ubstantially' as specified.

7'. In a fish hook, astock, a hook obliquely disposed and .jo'urnaled-to the stock and having an ofiset portion, :andan oblique springarmexerting a. pressure ,against the oifset part of the hook and serving tohold .the latter-in place, substantially as specified.

8. vIna fish-hook,ra stock, a central hook, other hooks journaled at the sides of the stock and having offset portions forming. stops,and spring-arms exerting a pressure againstthe offset portions :of the hooks, substantially as 9. .;In combination with astock .havinglat- .eral extensions 'at onelend, a head secured to the other i'en'dof thestock and having resilient arms, andyhooks journaled .in the head setpo rtions' engaged by the said :arm-s,subetan'tiallyras setifotth. a I n'com1bination:a stoc s oppositejor swing end,a d a. V

elateralextensio isandheadmnda end for theinspe ionand removal of the stock and attached hooks and parts being fitted within the casing, and a mousing hinged to thecasing and having lat- 15 eral wings at one end and guards at its op posite or swing end, one of the wings being spirally twisted and the other bent between its edges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afifix my signature as in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES BEW. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

CLINTON E. CASE, H. SEWARD MILLER. 

